I have a rather large DataSet that I'm dealing with, and also have a nice progress bar control. I call DataSet.Fill() and it takes about 10 seconds to return. Is there anyway I can track the progress of this fill by binding an event handler of some sort? -- ________________________________...more >>

Hi ! Can you place a PocketPC-application on a server and create a "shortcut" on the client so that I know my users always run the latest version of a program ? Regards, Fredrik ...more >>

Hi, in the MSDN files under Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.2 they list a series of example files that demonstrate developing with the bluetooth protocol. The location they give for the samples is %_WINCEROOT%\Public\Common\Oak\Drivers\Bluetooth\Sample But mo matter how hard I look I can't ...more >>

How do you trap the unhandled exception thrown when you violate a unique constraint on the datatable underlying a datagrid. The exception is thrown when you enter duplicate value then change the selected cell. There seems to be a hidden datagrid event that calls the datatable.AcceptChanges me...more >>

I can't figure out the answer to this, and so far no one has been able to help me. I need to be able to create a backBuffer. Either on the namaged code side or the unmanaged code side and sendit over to the other side, so that I can draw to this buffer both from the managed and the unman...more >>

I have a data table where I would like to filter all rows which do not have 0 in QTY field. At least one record has this field set to a number which is different form 0 (and not null of course). When I create data view: testDV = new DataView( this.dataSet.Tables["PRODUCTS"], "QTY <> 0", "", Da...more >>

I successfully created a setup application by following the instructions and example in the "Developing and Deploying Pocket PC Setup Applications" article. However (there's always a However isn't there?), when my setup was run on a device with running Pocket PC 2002, the device complained that ...more >>

How can i use WRAPI.DLL and WRAPI.LIB in my Compact Framework Application ? ...more >>

Why is it that when I make a bare-bones C# program for the desktop PC I cannot run it on my PocketPC? I thought that was what .NET is all about! The bare-bones program just displays the simplest of WinForms and does NOT use the designer. When I try to execute it on the PocketPC I get "A managed...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to deploy a .NET Compact Framework Smart Device Application to an IPAQ. I have tried doing it both via the ActiveSync 3.7 and manually extracting all the necessary files (netcf.cjk.ppc3.x86.cab, sqlce.dev.ppc3.x86.cab, sqlce.ppc3.x86.cab, MyApp_PPC.X86.CAB) in the Po...more >>

Hello I'm using C# .NET CF and currently developing a graph control. For speed reasons I prefere to manipulate directly the DCs, bitmaps and so on. My question is how can I obtain the heigth and the width of the strings using the coredll? I'm trying to use the function GetTextExtentPo...more >>

I have a treeview, and use this code to find the first tagged tree node and make it the selected tree node. All works fine except for that the blue square that is used to indicate which node is selected is never shown. What to do? private void SelectFirstTaggedTreeNode() { if( tView.Node...more >>

since remoting is not available in CF how can i have 2 apps on the same device communicate events and data? ...more >>

Hi all, On a Pocket PC app, I have a TabControl with a number of TabPages. When a user taps on one of the TabPages, I use Graphics to draw an image comprising DrawLine, DrawEllipse and DrawString. I have found that each time you tap on another TabPage and then come back the TabPage that has my...more >>

any sp2 news? at least what happened... oh, well, it's obvious... Matteo. ...more >>

Hi! I have a small problem I am sure someone has come across. I have a rather large application with lots of nested child forms. For instance, the second level child form (counting from the startup form) is a control rich form which I want to keep in memory when it has been initialized. So, af...more >>

I am using Compact Framework; C#. I have a situation where I need to retrieve the autoincrement value from the primary key of a table. I use the following code: DataRow dr = _dsCall.Tables[0].NewRow(); _dsCall.Tables[0].Rows.Add(dr); _daCall.Update(_dsCall, "Calls"); SqlCeCommand cmd ...more >>

Hello, I wanted to use the Pointer.Unbox method in a 4.1 C# project but, in the IDE, the Pointer class doesn't appear in the dropdown list for System.Reflection and it will not compile if I simply type it in. The MSDN Library does not indicated that it is supported on the CF. I was won...more >>

Anyone has a way to make use of ownerdata in listview control using C# ? ...more >>

I have a small app that sends and receives both UDP and TCP traffic. All works fine in the emulator but when running on a real Pocket PC 2002 device, using only the ActiveSync connection, only the TCP traffic gets through. The remote endpoints are the same for each except for the protocol. The...more >>

Dear All, I have developed a small application using .Net 2003 CF that used the CeRunAppAtTime API call for Waking up my iPAQ. After installing PocketPC 2003 CeRunnAppAtTime invoked the PDA but does not Wake it up. My PDA is iPaq Intel(R) PXA255 (hp make) Pocket PC version 4.20.1081 (Build 1...more >>

Hi, i have severeal modal dialogs and i am using the load event for filling the widgets on the dialogs with some data. There are cases, when there is no data, so I would like to show up a message and hide the dialog immediately. I have tried to set the DialogResult (Besides the Load event...more >>